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Apr 15, 20191 min read

All Good Things Must Come To An End

Unfortunately, we don't have much in the way of LIVE entertainment here in Grecia. For the last 3 years we have followed our expat...

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Apr 1, 20192 min read

Introducing "The Costa Rica Expat Interview Series"

Several months ago I took a road trip with my friend Jeanetta and Linda (a visitor from the US). We drove up to Zarcero and onward to La...

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Feb 13, 20193 min read

What to do when crime happens (pt 2)

Once we started talking to other people in the area and we realized that NOTHING was going to be done about what happened to us, I got a...

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Feb 12, 20194 min read

When Crime Happens to you (part 1)...

It has taken me a while to write this post because I wasn't really sure about what approach to take. Before we moved here I did years of...

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Feb 3, 20192 min read

Furniture Shopping in Costa Rica

In previous posts I talked about furniture shopping in Sarchi, which is the center of quality handcrafted Costa Rican furniture. We...

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Jan 28, 20191 min read

Learning Spanish the Fun & Easy Way

Before we moved to Costa Rica, we began preparing to learn Spanish. Although, you can get by here (at least in most of the bigger cities)...

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Dec 31, 20182 min read

As Busy As You Want To Be

I want to point out again that you can be as busy as you want to be, or not (for all of you worriers). It's all up to you. If you can't...

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